{"id":376963,"date":"2026-10-19T16:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376963\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:06:14","slug":"monday-bulletin-barn-owl-reacts-to-upper-west-side-onlookers-getting-a-lift-on-the-uws-retail-space-is-hot-on-the-uws-price-drops-on-historic-townhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376963\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Bulletin: Barn Owl Reacts to Upper West Side Onlookers; Getting a Lift on the UWS; Retail Space is Hot on the UWS; Price Drops on Historic Townhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Lincoln Center plaza. Photo by Isabelle Tietbohl.<\/p>\n

Today is Monday, October 19th, 2026<\/p>\n

The forecast calls for sunny to partly cloudy skies, with a high of 63. The weather for rest of the week is expected to be similar, with no rain in the forecast and high temperatures ranging from the upper 50s (Wednesday and Friday) to mid 60s (tomorrow and Thursday).<\/p>\n

On this date in 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted by 22.61% or 508.32 points, earning the day the nickname \u201cBlack Monday.\u201d Though that plunge set the record in terms of the Dow\u2019s largest single-day percentage drop, it wasn\u2019t the largest point drop; that would occur more than 30 years later, on March 16, 2020, when investors\u2019 reaction to the looming COVID-19 pandemic caused the Dow to plunge by 2,997.10 points \u2014 but only 12.93 percent.<\/p>\n

Notices<\/p>\n

Our calendar<\/a> has lots of local events. Click on the link or the lady in the upper righthand corner to check.<\/p>\n

District 3 Superintendent Dr. Reginald Higgens will give a State of the Schools Address tomorrow from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at PS 163 (163 West 97th Street), including a discussion of priorities for the upcoming school year. RSVP \u2014 HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

The leaves in Central Park are starting to change; find the best places to see them on the Conservancy\u2019s annual foliage tracker, updated daily \u2014 HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

News Roundup<\/p>\n

Compiled by Laura Muha<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>An American Barn Owl spotted on the Upper West Side. Photo by Elisabeth and Sam Williams.<\/p>\n

The UWS Barn owls<\/a> have been getting lots of attention<\/a> lately, and judging from a social media post by wildlife photographer Anke Frohlich, they don\u2019t seem all that happy about it.<\/p>\n

The Storyful video, reposted by ABC Eyewitness News on YouTube, shows one of the owls leaning forward and screeching at bystanders while perching next to a water tower on West 75th Street.<\/p>\n

Frohlich said the owl was making the ruckus to protect her young. \u201cIt was eerie and quite loud,\u201d she said. She told ABC she counted five owls, though some media outlets have reported there may be as many as eight. See the video \u2014 HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo by Dr. Michel Kliot.<\/p>\n

UWS literary agent Meredith Bernstein was walking home from an evening out with a friend recently when she spied two young men and several women hanging out under some scaffolding in front of a building. \u201cThe men were doing pull-ups almost effortlessly,\u201d she recalled in a piece that appeared in The New York Times\u2019 Metropolitan Diary last weekend.<\/p>\n

Bernstein, who recently celebrated her 80th birthday, had read that the length of time one should be able to hang from a bar was proportionate to one\u2019s age and weight. She rushed up to the men.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you lift me up?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

The men did, and Bernstein dangled from the scaffolding while the women began to count \u2014 \u201cOne 1,000, Two 1,000 \u2026\u201d \u2014 and her friend snapped a photo.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter about 20 seconds, I asked the guys to let me down,\u201d Bernstein wrote in Metropolitan Diary. \u201cOnce I was on the ground, I asked them how they had done it so easily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read their surprising response \u2014 HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Marshall\u2019s storefront. Photo by Gus Saltonstall.<\/p>\n

The UWS was a hot commodity when it came to retail leases signed in the third quarter of this year, Crain\u2019s New York Business reported.<\/p>\n

Citywide, the neighborhood was second only to the Upper East Side in both the number of retail leases signed and in the square footage of space reflected in those transactions. Crain\u2019s source was the Q3 Manhattan retail report produced by CBRE, the commercial real estate services firm. According to the report, there were 11 deals signed for 50,500 square feet of space in the neighborhood between July and September. On the Upper East Side there were 15 deals signed for 97,000 square of space.<\/p>\n

CBRE\u2019s field research manager Hironori Imaizumi told Crain\u2019s that the two neighborhoods were booming because they\u2019re \u201cwhere the consumers are living,\u201d and also because the main shopping districts in the city are already full, \u201c[so] brands are trying to find spaces in surrounding secondary markets. Both of these neighborhoods have been hot markets the past few years, especially after Covid and things like working-from-home were implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of the new retail activity in the last quarter was concentrated on Broadway and Columbus avenues, CBRE\u2019s report said. The largest deal was signed by CrunchFitness<\/a>, which is taking over more than 28,000 square feet vacated by Marshall\u2019s at 2192 Broadway.<\/p>\n

Read the full story \u2014 HERE<\/a> and see the report \u2014 HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>238 West 74th Street. Photo via Google Maps<\/p>\n

An historic barrel-front townhouse on West 74th Street, which hit the market<\/a> earlier this year for nearly $15 million, is now listed for $10.4 million.<\/p>\n

The five-story, five-bedroom home has two elevators, a basement spa with a 41-foot lap pool, a hot tub, steam shower, a wet bar; a fireplace; a chef\u2019s kitchen; heated floors; a professionally landscaped back garden; and a south-facing master suite with a private terrace.<\/p>\n

The townhouse, at 238 West 74th Street (between West End Avenue and Broadway) was built in 1886 by architect William J. Merritt, and gut-renovated in 2022.<\/p>\n

Read the full story and see photos \u2014 HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Other UWS News<\/p>\n

A four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom penthouse at 333 Central Park West (West 93rd and West 94th streets) topped the list of luxury sales on the UWS the week of October 5th, selling for $10.2 million, reported Patch. Read the story and see other properties that topped the list \u2014 HERE<\/a>.
\nThe history blog Ephemeral New York reported on the history of the Bridle Path in Central Park. Read the full story \u2014 HERE.<\/a>
\nSecret NYC recently spotlighted the history of Central Park\u2019s Bethesda Arcade, and its role in pop culture. Read it \u2014 HERE<\/a>.
\nThe Latrobe, Pa., Bulletin recently ran an article describing the history of a cannon that once stood in Central Park, and describing where you can see it today. Read it \u2014 HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ICYMI<\/p>\n

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Developers Aim to Construct 145-Foot Building Above Upper West Side Grocer<\/a><\/p>\n

Meet the Team at West Side Rag<\/a><\/p>\n

At Last, Riverside Park South Turf Fields Almost Ready to Open on the Upper West Side<\/a><\/p>\n

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